Hot Rods To all you guys who complained about the cold

That can give you skin cancer.


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Living in the 'Big Valley' of California, I feel for you guys brave enough to survive those mid western winters!
I used to roll on 18 wheels Coast-to-Coast, so I know what you 'abide'.

But if it weren't for your valiant efforts at keeping things afloat back there, some of us 'Californianites' would have to replace you in that harsh environment! Imagine! Wagon trains East!

My great Grandfather, Will Parker, (1849-1901) was a Wagon Master in the 1870s. He headed wagon trains out of St. Joseph, Missouri to Seattle, Washington, then returned by going south to Santa Clara, Ca., and on southwest back to St. Joe. He lived in Independence, Mo., and his last journey was one way, in 1876. He had bought 80 acres in Santa Clara, settling there. His children sold off the land when he died, (right in the middle of Silicon Valley, where Intel and others are situated now)
Wish Grandma had held on to that property! She just didn't want to live there, so she and her new husband built a sprawling home on Lincoln St., 'nearer to town', 1902. They had two daughters, Mom was the youngest. I was born in 1942, lived there in Grandma's house 'til '62...
Many hot rods graced the confines of "Grandma's Garage", and friends' cars lined both sides of Lincoln St. any day of the week, from '56 thru '63...I was married and moved out, but we still met at Grandma's.
I had a box fan in one window of the garage, used it maybe 5 days in the summer. Winter was cold, but seldom below 55...
If we had a car to work on, we just did it. I bartered for an old cast iron wood burning stove, had it in the bricked-in corner, lit it once. Got rid of it, built a longer work bench.
Some friends had rods they had bought, but were willing to work on them.
Guys that bought finished cars didn't hang with us. We laughed too hard at 'em...

 

You have never had a sunburn until you get a welding sunburn. I have hard faced many grader blade mold boards where you burn rod after rod for hours. I learned the hard way to cover up when you weld. The burn is followed by blistering. Go ahead and weld naked if you want, but I am 67 years old and only by the grace of god have not gotten skin cancer.
Watched my step dad die from it. So I am going to be covered up when I weld.

 

So can the sun so they say, but I'm not hiding in the house because of it. Everything cases cancer to hear the so called "experts" say it. I'm not buying it. I don't live my life in fear of what might happen, but I do try to use common sense to keep from things happening that I can control. I was just poking fun at the original poster, I don't have a welding jacket but one would come in handy when doing overhead welding. As to gloves, I always wear some kind of gloves stick welding because of the hot metal if for nothing else. Sometimes I will wear them while using the mig, sometimes I won't. If I'm just tacking something, then moving on to something else, I probably don't take time to put them on, but if I'm welding in say a floor pan, then yes, I'll probably have some on. But I always use my hood, no close your eyes tacking around here. Had welders burn eyes years ago, never want that to happen again.

 

Now where did I put that bone ?


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My new shop is globally warmed, so say the...experts...

 

Heat set @60 in the winter and AC set at 68 in the summer. Why be miserable?

 

when I started R work , I just used what normal welders used , ( jacket , gloves , hood ) I did 4 trailer repairs in one day ( about 48" of TIG welding ) well that night I had burns on my neck , ankles , where my jacket didn't cover the carpenters crack , anywhere I didn't have leather , even under my work pants ( Nylon) and I had flash burns in my eyes ( one of the worst feelings is that ) , I was like HUH???? well I found out tanker welders are like vessel welders and wear the full suit because the ultraviolet light has no where to go and reflects off the polished metal surfaces in the trailer and that s how you get burns ( kind of like being stuck in a high powered tanning bed ) , and the sand eye , well it was from the light reflecting into the back of my helmet and bouncing off the gl*** , and as for cross flow ventilation nope , blows the sheilding gas away from the weld , and you do not want to do more welding than you have to in a trailer , specially if its a pressure vessel like the stainless trailers . it wasn't too bad till we had to wear the nomex underwear after a welder was burned from vapor flash fire in a trailer that was improperly cleaned ( his fault as he didn't do a air quality test ) as for sand eye , yes I have spent many a day with Potatoe slices on my eyes . ( wife does cu***bers , I do spuds ) even with the jacket , I had a spot that was melinoma on my arm , one of my co workers had a 4x4" patch removed on his neck ( adams apple area ) from his helmet not covering it for many years as he didn't like the big hoods as they were uncomfortable , after he recovered , he started to wear a full leather one . ( when suited up we look like big turds ..) after a day in a trailer we kind of smell like one too . we have a joke its called "DF" deodorant failure when you hear a guy say that you kind of steer clear of them

 

It's been in the mid seventies and I was welding in a tight shirt and shorts and still miserable

 

When it's 20 degrees out for three months straight 60 feels pretty good plus it keeps you from sweeting to much and going back in the cold

 

106, thats exactly why I still live in PA. Cold weather I can just put more clothes on, when its 106 you can only take off so much, until the neighbor calls the cops.

 

Up north, the rust belt had its chance with me. I quit being a guy "who complained it was too cold" and moved back south. Now I do my heavy liftin' in the winter and drink a lot of cold drinks in the summer like God intended all along.

 

I will bump it to 62 in the winter if I'm not moving much, as it's a little chilly in short sleeves. I start getting warmer than I like above 70.

 

I know, but it still brings me pleasure watching Southerners squirm when it gets below 50

 

I was stationed in Hawaii for three years. I ETS'd from there, and flew to Seattle in January to pick up my car and drive home to Ioway. When I got off the plane it was 40°F, and it was pretty rude. Then, as I made my way across Washington and Idaho and Montana etc it got REALLY cold. I wasn't used to it anymore, the marrow in yer bones switches to 20w-50 or somethin'. I stayed with some friends overnight and remember laying right on this big box gas heater they had in the living room. When I was IN Hawaii, I hated the heat. The barracks we lived in had these huge AC outdoor units, with 6 big fans, made all kinds of racket when they were running. Everybody said the AC was too cold, and stuffed their room vents shut with towels. Not me, all that extra air flow would send the AC into my quarters. Could hang meat in that room.

I used my gov't issue Extreme Cold Weather Sleeping Bag as a "comforter", it was awesome.

 

"My Car won't Crank!!"

 

Changed out the 350 turbo years back lying in the snow up in N.Y , live in Houston now...last couple of weeks it's been cool in the a.m and cool in the evenings...I'm 60 now ...thinking of A/C for the shop....

 

Gettin' hot here on the Island. 93 on Saturday and I was playing with a few sections of a fence replacement. The pool was 65... by Sunday it was up to 72, should be better today. I tried to get all my big projects done before it got too hot. I'd rather work on the car at 45 than 95.

 

I hate anything under 60° or over 80°...........that's what growing up in Orange County, California will do to you.

 

hah, my wife grew up in doors, she has a three degree comfort zone 72-75. i grew up with windows open year round.......

 

Nice here in Orinda! Lots of sun and a cool breeze! Leaving for hot LA on Friday. But who cares there will be roadsters.

 

I can deal with the cold just dress in layers and keep the beanny on my head. lol. and keep the heat on in my shop.It the summers that get me{that's why I left Flordia when I had to start turning on the A.C. on in Feb} Due to the meds. I have to take for my bad ankles I sweat like a pig in the summers even here in East T.N. I am glad I have a P.T unit {heat and air cond. like the motels have} and a small window unit too in my shop. Make it a lot easier to work. I had them both going yesterday.I do have to turn them off when I paint so they wont **** in the paint. I deep clean them each season too to keep them clean also.Bruce..

 

That's a great story! Wagon Master, pretty sure that guy was tough.

 

My best working temps are between 40 and 75 as long as the humidity is low. I worked outside for years and never got used to working inside. I pulled the rear on the Ford on a 36 degree day, outside. I did the wiring on the car in 2015 and it was between 92 and 100 for a week straight, drank more than a few adult beverages.

 

I can take the cold better than the heat. I can cut firewood when its 5 degrees. However I hate the cold. I always look foreward to greenup. Its already hot here . I simply wear a bandana around my head to keep the sweat out of my eyes and drink lots of cold water and a occasional beer. Get up at daylight and do the outside stuff. The open canopy outside my building is shady and if there is a breeze its tolerable. Our house is a built onto 1967 house trailer. Poorly insulated and cheap windows. Heats like a barn but I have a big wood stove and plenty of trees I can kill. We only air condition two rooms. I would like a air cond shop. However I don't think Debbie would approve of the shop being air cond when the house isn't. I always thought a house with a ba*****t dug into a hillside would be the thing. Have a shop in the ba*****t. Have the wood stove in there and the heat would rise and the floors would always be warm. and it would be cool in that ba*****t during hot weather. I knew a older guy who had a house like that. After his wife died. He fixed a kitchen, bed and bathroom in the ba*****t. He rarely ever went upstairs after that.

 

Hey bud, can you contact me???

 

I Friggin HATE THE COLD , I feel better now , Yesterday it was 90 degrees here in M*** . I m a stone mason and work outside in all weather . cold ,not so much unless they pay to wrap and heat it . Hot weather ,you die but you sure can stack stones !

 

Yep, no more playing with snow for me. I let my kids handle it, lucky they had a mild winter.

 

I had a great dream the other night about snowblowing

 

Well let's define our terms. What exactly is "cold"? To me working outside even down to almost freezing, is more than tolerable esp. if the sun is out, because my clothes don't get soaked. I sweat real bad, high humidity is absolutely miserable even when it's down in the 70s when working.